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TTREGS LIGHT MOTOR VEHICLE STUDY GUIDE
Learn the Hand Signals, Answers to all of the Questions and Road Signs as many of them
would come on your Light Motor Vehicle (Private) Regulation Test.
Hand Signals
To signal that you are making a Right Turn
Extend the right hand at shoulder level with palm facing forward.
To signal that you are Stopping
Extend the right hand at shoulder level, with palm facing downward, wave it downwards and upwards, keeping it
below the level of the shoulder.
To signal that it is Unsafe to Overtake
Extend the right hand at shoulder level, palm facing forward.
To signal that you are making a Left Turn
Extend the right hand at shoulder level, palm facing forward, and rotate it in an anti-clockwise direction.
To signal that it is Safe to Overtake
Extend the right hand with palm facing forward below the level of the shoulder, and wave it forward and backward.
To signal that you are Slowing Down
Extend the right hand at shoulder level with palm facing downward, and wave it downwards and upwards, keeping
it below the level of the shoulder.
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. At an intersection where there is a flashing amber traffic light you must:
a. Stop if making a left turn?
b. Continue at the same speed?
c. Slow down and proceed with caution?
d. Stop if making a right turn?
2. Identification plates which must be placed in an upright position in front and rear of a motor vehicle must be
painted in:
a. Yellow background with black letters and numbers?
b. Black background with white letters and figures or white luminous background with black letters and
figures?
c. Black background with yellow letters and figures?
d. Does not matter what colour once it is large enough?
3. What does the law require as regards tinted glass and windshield of vehicles?
a. It shall not be so tinted, treated or darkened as to obscure the view of the inside of the vehicle from the
outside.
b. When tinted, you can see the inside from three feet away.
c. Tint, once it can be removed at short notice.
d. Tint, so as not to see who is inside of the vehicle.
4. You should under all conditions drive at a speed which will allow you to:
a. Stop within 150 metres (500 feet)?
b. Stop within 90 metres (300 feet)?
c. Stop within 60 metres (200 feet)?
d. Stop within a safe distance?
5. At night when you meet another vehicle with blinding bright lights, the safest thing to do is:
a. Open and shut your eyes rapidly?
b. Look slightly to the left hand side of the roadway?
c. Turn your lights on high beam?
d. Look at the head lights of the approaching vehicle?
6. When descending a steep hill, a good safe driving practice is to:
a. Disengage the clutch and coast?
b. Gear down and use motor to assist in braking?
c. Place the gear shift in neutral?
d. Turn off the ignition?
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7. When driving a motor vehicle on the highway at night, you should use low beam headlights (dim lights) when:
a. Another driver dims his lights?
b. Blinded by the headlights of an approaching vehicle?
c. Approaching an intersection?
d. Meeting or following another vehicle?
8. When a red signal light with a green arrow is shown at an intersection, it means:
a. Proceed with caution in the direction of the arrow, giving way to traffic on the full green light?
b. Stop and wait for green light before making a turn?
c. Stop and then proceed?
d. The green arrow is a signal for pedestrians only?
9. At what age a provisional driving permit for P. Car will be granted?
a. 21 years.
b. Any age.
c. 16 years.
d. 17 years.
10. In Port-of-Spain and San Fernando it is unlawful to reverse:
a. Straight, for a reasonable distance?
b. On Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain?
c. Round a corner or junction?
d. On High Street, San Fernando?
11. Before moving your car from a parked position, you should:
a. Signal and pull from curb?
b. Check other traffic, signal and pull from curb when it is safe to do so?
c. Sound your horn and pull from curb slowly?
d. Check other traffic, signal and pull from curb quickly?
12. If a Traffic signal changes while a pedestrian is still in the intersection, which of the following has the right of
way?
a. The pedestrian.
b. Motorists coming from the right.
c. Motorists coming from the left.
d. Motorists making turns.
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TTREGS LIGHT MOTOR VEHICLE STUDY GUIDE
Learn the Hand Signals, Answers to all of the Questions and Road Signs as many of them
would come on your Light Motor Vehicle (Private) Regulation Test.
Hand Signals
To signal that you are making a Right Turn
Extend the right hand at shoulder level with palm facing forward.
To signal that you are Stopping
Extend the right hand at shoulder level, with palm facing downward, wave it downwards and upwards, keeping it
below the level of the shoulder.
To signal that it is Unsafe to Overtake
Extend the right hand at shoulder level, palm facing forward.
To signal that you are making a Left Turn
Extend the right hand at shoulder level, palm facing forward, and rotate it in an anti-clockwise direction.
To signal that it is Safe to Overtake
Extend the right hand with palm facing forward below the level of the shoulder, and wave it forward and backward.
To signal that you are Slowing Down
Extend the right hand at shoulder level with palm facing downward, and wave it downwards and upwards, keeping
it below the level of the shoulder.
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. At an intersection where there is a flashing amber traffic light you must:
a. Stop if making a left turn?
b. Continue at the same speed?
c. Slow down and proceed with caution?
d. Stop if making a right turn?
2. Identification plates which must be placed in an upright position in front and rear of a motor vehicle must be
painted in:
a. Yellow background with black letters and numbers?
b. Black background with white letters and figures or white luminous background with black letters and
figures?
c. Black background with yellow letters and figures?
d. Does not matter what colour once it is large enough?
3. What does the law require as regards tinted glass and windshield of vehicles?
a. It shall not be so tinted, treated or darkened as to obscure the view of the inside of the vehicle from the
outside.
b. When tinted, you can see the inside from three feet away.
c. Tint, once it can be removed at short notice.
d. Tint, so as not to see who is inside of the vehicle.
4. You should under all conditions drive at a speed which will allow you to:
a. Stop within 150 metres (500 feet)?
b. Stop within 90 metres (300 feet)?
c. Stop within 60 metres (200 feet)?
d. Stop within a safe distance?
5. At night when you meet another vehicle with blinding bright lights, the safest thing to do is:
a. Open and shut your eyes rapidly?
b. Look slightly to the left hand side of the roadway?
c. Turn your lights on high beam?
d. Look at the head lights of the approaching vehicle?
6. When descending a steep hill, a good safe driving practice is to:
a. Disengage the clutch and coast?
b. Gear down and use motor to assist in braking?
c. Place the gear shift in neutral?
d. Turn off the ignition?
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7. When driving a motor vehicle on the highway at night, you should use low beam headlights (dim lights) when:
a. Another driver dims his lights?
b. Blinded by the headlights of an approaching vehicle?
c. Approaching an intersection?
d. Meeting or following another vehicle?
8. When a red signal light with a green arrow is shown at an intersection, it means:
a. Proceed with caution in the direction of the arrow, giving way to traffic on the full green light?
b. Stop and wait for green light before making a turn?
c. Stop and then proceed?
d. The green arrow is a signal for pedestrians only?
9. At what age a provisional driving permit for P. Car will be granted?
a. 21 years.
b. Any age.
c. 16 years.
d. 17 years.
10. In Port-of-Spain and San Fernando it is unlawful to reverse:
a. Straight, for a reasonable distance?
b. On Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain?
c. Round a corner or junction?
d. On High Street, San Fernando?
11. Before moving your car from a parked position, you should:
a. Signal and pull from curb?
b. Check other traffic, signal and pull from curb when it is safe to do so?
c. Sound your horn and pull from curb slowly?
d. Check other traffic, signal and pull from curb quickly?
12. If a Traffic signal changes while a pedestrian is still in the intersection, which of the following has the right of
way?
a. The pedestrian.
b. Motorists coming from the right.
c. Motorists coming from the left.
d. Motorists making turns.
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